Package-fastener.



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H. T. ANDREW. PACKAGE FASTENEE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1908 919,674 Patented; Apr. 27,1909.

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'binder around the mail matter,

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No. 919,674. Specification of Letters Fatent. aten' sed April 27, 190 2:. Application filed August 21, 19%. Serial Etc. ie. 2. 'To all whom it may concern: -l continued against the heel oi the bundle Be it known that I, HARVE T. ANDREW, s

citizen of the United States, residing at Baring, .in the county of Knox and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Package-Fastener, of which the iollmving is a s ecifioation.

' his invention relates topackage fasteners, such as are commonly employed in securing bundles of mail matter for'transmis sion through the mails.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character which shell be simple of construction, eflicient and durable in use, which will be positive in retaining the and which matter contained in the bag or sack.

VFith the above and other objects in view, invention as will appear as the nature of the is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of port; of a package tie, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts :---l igure is a view in perspective of abundle of mail matter secured together with the package tie ol'the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail View of the tie and a portion of the binder.

The fastener consists of a length of wire of any suitable gage, and comprising a shank 1 and a head The shank is bent at one end upon itself to form at spring binder-lockin clip 3, the

lectod away from the shank to provide a binder entering throat 5. The head is provided atone end with it book 6 to be engaged by the hinder, and at its other end with a loop 7 in which the binder 8 is secured by being knotted therein. As will be observed by reference to Fig. shaped and this will cause the sumo the proper position relatively mail matter M.

In the use of the device, after the mail has 1 been stacked as shown, the fastener is disfree end of the wire 4 being do:

l l l l the fastener is T- binder to aslo lhc l posed upon the upper side thereof", the thumb of the operator being adjacent to thehead. turned in the direction of the arrow a and is placed upon the shank 1 The binder 8 is then ran ed to be. nasscr and thence carried in the direction of the arrow of through the hooks 6, thence in the direction oi' the arrow c and continued against the hack oi the bundle and brought over the other end in. the direction of the arrow d where it .is sprung between the clip 3 end/thus locked firmly in position. To remove the fastener and binder from the bundle ol" mail matter it will not be necessary to detach the binder from the clip 3, as by catching hold of the. fastener adjacent to the twist 9 with the thui'nb J and hookingthe l ortdinger intothe binder adjacent to the hook 6, the binder nuty' readily be re moved from tho nniil matter.

it will be seen from the foregoing dein\pnw'en'ients herein delined are snnple in character, they will be lo'und thoioug. y cllirient l'or the purposes designed and will result in lt thoroughly practical, durable, and ztd-vnntngeous form of pnckng'e i atstenor.

A "l shaped pnckago fastener formed ol a single piece of wire, bent to form a shank and at head, the bend being looped at one end, and both sides of the loo being twisted upon each other to inter-look adjacent the shank, the end of the head remote from the loop being bent to form an upstanding hook, and the terminal of the shank being barle bent into close purellel relation with itself to form a binde locl- 'ng clip, the end ol' the clip being outbont to for: throat; and a binder having); one ol' its ends secured to thrloop, its i'rcc end being arl beneath and around it package to engage the hook. and thence to be passed'benrnth and around the package substantially at right angles to the pre vious convolution to enter the thront and to eiiigugc the rlip, the sides ol' the clip being srrznig'ed to cngng'e the binder yieldingly throughout their length.

in testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, i have herel o uilixod my sig'iutture in the presence oi two witness n e; hinder entering" 

